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Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa

Mar 19, 2018 1:00 PM - Mar 21, 2018 4:00 PM

41000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications Forum

Medical Communication, MSL, and Medical Writing.

Session 11 Track 1: Global Warming: Conserve Energy and Unify Partners

Session Chair(s)

Anne  Arvizu, PharmD

Anne Arvizu, PharmD

Chief Executive Officer and Medical Affairs Advisor

RxER Communications Corp, United States

A fresh, tactical, and strategic approach to globalizing your MI Team. From the start up biotech prior to launch, to the global giant going through another re-org and acquiring new therapy areas, or companies. Change is always a factor to juggle in the global world. In the past, globalization sessions have focused on large pharma breakthroughs leaving many companies saying, “well, I’d like to do that in five years” or “that’s the goal” if I could get the budget. With the influx of small biotech companies and mid-sized pharma companies, together making up the majority of the industry and the new face of medical information, this year’s session focuses on practical take a ways for making a shift and gaining the right partnership and advocacy, no matter the size of the organization.

Learning Objective : At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Identify practical approaches to enable globalization process within an MI team
  • Work with partners and stakeholders to rally and ratify your cause
  • Select regulatory and compliance tactics to apply to globalizing an MI team

Speaker(s)

Heather  Sun, PharmD

Success at the Core: A Team Approach for Launching Global Medical Information

Heather Sun, PharmD

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States

Director, Global Medical Information

Tim  Fish, BSN, MBA, RN

Don’t Globe it Alone: Expanding Awareness, and Country Capabilities in MI

Tim Fish, BSN, MBA, RN

Alkermes, United States

Michele  Simon

Making Contact: An Instant Globalization Footprint

Michele Simon

PPD, part of Thermo fisher Scientific, United States

Executive Dir;Medical Communication

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